•Sultan of Sokoto The Governor Ahmed Aliyu administration in Sokoto State says the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has no constitutional power to appoint district and village heads in the North-West state. The Sokoto State Attorney General, Muhammad Nasiru Binji, stated this at a public hearing at the State House of Assembly yest...
•Tinubu and Lukman A former National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has berated Northern politicians in the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, reports Daily Trust. Lukman, who recently resigned from APC, said politicians from the north have been reduced to members of a “choir group poorl...
•Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday announced he had awarded opposition parties in his coalition, 12 out of 32 ministries. The largest opposition the Democractic Alliance (DA) won six ministries including education, public works and environment, while six other posts went to smaller parties, reports AFP. The Afr...
•Used plastic containers at a dumpsite The federal government yesterday banned single-use plastics in ministries, departments and agencies of government. The Minister of State for Environment, Iziaq Salako, stated when he briefed reporters at the Presidential Villa after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Bola Tin...
•Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said he was working toward more retired armed forces officers in governance. Musa said this while speaking with newsmen yesterday in Kaduna after the Pulling Out Dinner organised by the Infantry Corps in honour of retired Infantry Gen...
•Dikko Radda The Katsina State governor, Dikko Radda, has accused some security personnel and government officials of aiding banditry which he says has now turned into a “business venture”. “Now it has turned out to be a business venture. A business venture for the criminals, some people who are in government; and some people who […]...
•Mast sealed The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service has sealed seven telecommunication masts belonging to MTN and Globacom across the state’s urban areas over outstanding taxes totalling N5.8bn. The Head of Corporate Communications for the Kaduna IRS, Zakari Muhammad, disclosed this development in a statement issued today. The sealed...
•Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Government has assured citizens and residents of the State of its commitment to peaceful coexistence and safety of lives and property of its people. This was disclosed in a release by the office of the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, following a recent incident of the death of some […...
•Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu The Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, explained how the state’s Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, allegedly leaked the government’s secrets and committed perjury, which, it said, were impeachable offences. The Assembly, represented by its Deputy Clerk, Joe Ohaifa, stated its case at the inaugurating sitting o...
Some residents of Kebbi State attacked a government warehouse at Bayan Kara area of Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, on Saturday night and carted away food items. The hoodlums, who defied security operatives stationed at the warehouse, also broke into some private warehouses and shops in the area and stole food items, reports Daily Trust. [&he...

